GGLGirls Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Not sure this is in the right forum - but Ginger laid her egg as usual yesterday morning. However when I came to 'shut up shop' , for bedtime, Ginger had not gone up bed, but was stood frozen to the spot in the corner of the WIR all fluffed up with wings dropped towards the floor. Then suddenly an egg softy appears, and off she tottles up the stairs to bed. I put the egg in the bin - but thought afterwards what a waste, I could have even given it back cooked to the chickens. What do others do with a softy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 If I have found a softy shortly after it has been layed (and it is still intact!) then I tend to put it on to hard boil straight away. I figure it won't have picked up much bacteria in that time, and if it has then 10-12 mins boiling ought to zap any nasties. I'm still here to tell the tale at any rate! If I'm not sure how long they have been layed, or landed in poo or are broken then they go in the compost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margalot Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I think they are fine to eat, its just the shell is soft, -but they really creep me out and mine go straight in the bin And sometimes by the time ive found it the hens have eaten it anyway. I'm the same with rotten veg, cant bear to touch it........ you know when you put your hand in the bag to oull out a potato and your finger goes into a soft spot will make me scream, hate it hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelbel Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 When Madge was laying softees we used the egg as the next to be eaten - usually next day's breakfast and did not even keep in the fridge (none of our eggs are stored there). The softees needed scissors to open. All perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 When one of mine laid softies consistantly for two weeks (before she gave up completely) she used to get them back the next day as a scrambled egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 They creep me out a bit too so I give mine to the dog who sluuuurps them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGLGirls Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 I find the idea of eating it a bit icky too - but good idea to scramble it up and give it back to them. They normally only get the 'old' dated eggs. Thanks, will bare it in mind next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Normal procedure around here is it either (1) gets laid on the cube roosting bars and drops through to be thrown out at cleaning time, (2) gets laid in the run/garden/sometimes nestbox and eaten very quickly by whoever is fastest whilst everyone else runs after them. We've never eaten one ourselves, although James had one laid on him P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
